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Documents given to ethnic Latvian Ausma Alutis explaining her position as a domestic worker in Canada.

A 1947 news clipping detailing the arrival of refugee women to Canada. Ausma Alutis and fellow immigrants were ready for their one year of mandatory domestic service.

Linda Payne's son shows his Latvian roots with body art.

Marta Berzenieks (later Kalnins) with the school matron in her second year of nursing studies. England, circa 1947.

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"Daina", the Edmonton Latvian folk dance group directed by Anna Rudovics nee Gipters, in 1968.

Example of Latvian weaving. Photo taken December, 2011.

Stanislav Rudovics, Imanta President.

Dr. Anna Rudovics nee Gipters fishing at Jackfish Lake, Alberta, circa 1955.

Stanislav Rudovics attended the Forestry Engineering Program in Jelgava, Latvia in 1943 and 1944. This portrait shows his faculty uniform.

Example of traditional Latvian folk art. Wood and metal construction. Photograph taken December, 2011.

University of Alberta identification card of Faculty of Dentistry student, Anna Rudovics nee Gipters. View 2.

Detail of fringe weaving on traditional Latvian scarf.

Program from the 1950 Baltic Memorial Day.

Latvian-English dictionary published in Germany for the use of all Latvians living in exile in post-war Europe or across the pond.

Example of Latvian weaving.

Teacher Anna Gipters (later Rudovics) in Latgale, Latvia, 1938.

Dr. Anna Rudovics nee Gipters and Stan Rudovics on the occasion of Anna's graduation from the University of Alberta Faculty of Dentistry, Edmonton, 1952.

University of Marburg identification card of ethnic Latvian dentistry student, Anna Gipters (later Rudovics).

Stanislav Rudovics upon graduation from the Forestry Engineering Program in Jelgava, Latvia.

The Edmonton Latvian folk dance group, "Daina" performed for the 1971 Jani celebration in Lake Isle, Alberta.

Dr. Anna Rudovics nee Gipters (left) in her dentistry office circa 1953.

Rudovics family portrait taken in Latgale, Latvia circa 1933. Stan Rudovics in back row on left.

Latvian book published and distributed under the umbrella of UNNRA in Germany. Janis Poruks was a famous Latvian poet.

Latvian Catholic Students Association, Marburg, Germany, 1947. Anna Gipters (later Rudovics) second from left, bottom row.